NZQA registered unit standard 17856 version 3 Page 1 of 3 Title Demonstrate knowledge of pulp and paper products Level 3 Credits 4 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of pulp products, paper grades, and cartonboard produced in the New Zealand paper making industry. Classification Wood Fibre Manufacturing > Pulp and Paper Technology Available grade Achieved Explanatory notes All evidence requirements must be demonstrated and assessed in accordance with the reference text: Demonstrate knowledge of pulp and paper products, published by Competenz and available from Competenz at http://www.competenz.org.nz/, or Competenz, PO Box 9005, Newmarket, Auckland 1149. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Demonstrate knowledge of pulp products. Evidence requirements 1.1 Pulp products are identified and their manufacture is described. Range 1.2 Defining characteristics of pulp products are described. Range 1.3 groundwood, refiner mechanical, semi-chemical, kraft. groundwood, refiner mechanical, and semi-chemical pulp characteristics – freeness, shive level, brightness; kraft pulp characteristics – brightness, kappa number, shive levels. Pulp products are matched with paper products and reasons for the match are explained in terms of paper product performance. Range groundwood, refiner mechanical, semi-chemical, kraft. Outcome 2 Demonstrate knowledge of paper grades and cartonboard produced in the New Zealand paper making industry. Competenz SSB Code 101571 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 17856 version 3 Page 2 of 3 Evidence requirements 2.1 Paper grades are identified and differences in their manufacture are described. Range 2.2 newsprint, packaging, linerboard, tissue, corrugating medium, cartonboard. Paper properties are described and matched with paper products and the match is explained to highlight the importance of the properties to the paper product performance. paper properties – opacity, ink absorption rate, wet strength, formation, tear, tensile, stretch, softness, water absorbency, curl, printability, plybond, edge crush; paper products – newsprint, packaging, linerboard, tissue, cartonboard, corrugating medium. Range Planned review date 31 December 2019 Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 30 November 2000 N/A Review 2 18 December 2006 N/A Review 3 24 October 2014 N/A Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0173 This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do. Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment. Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Competenz SSB Code 101571 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 17856 version 3 Page 3 of 3 Comments on this unit standard Please contact Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard. Competenz SSB Code 101571 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016